TikTok Slang Decoded 2026: 10 Terms Every Scroller Should Know

FYP stands for “For You Page,” the personalized feed of recommended videos that opens when you launch TikTok. The algorithm builds it from your watch time, likes, and shares, so every user sees a different stream. FYP is the holy grail for creators because it’s where unknown accounts can go viral overnight.

Captions and hashtags often include “#fyp” or “fyp pls” as a wish-on-a-star ask for visibility. The hashtag itself is decorative (TikTok ranks by behavior, not tags), but it’s stuck around as a cultural signal.

RIZZ is shorthand for charisma, specifically the ability to charm or successfully flirt with someone. It was popularized by streamer Kai Cenat in 2022 and crossed into the global mainstream via TikTok edits and reaction videos. Oxford named it Word of the Year in 2023.

It can be a compliment (“he’s got rizz”), a self-roast (“zero rizz on me today”), or a verb (“she rizzed him up at the party”). On TikTok, it’s used in dating clips, glow-up videos, and “rate my rizz” duets.

POV stands for “Point Of View” and labels videos filmed from a specific perspective, usually the viewer’s. A typical TikTok POV invites you to imagine yourself inside the scene (“POV: you woke up in 2014”). It’s one of the platform’s most successful narrative formats and inspired the same use on Instagram Reels.

POV captions can be playful, romantic, dramatic, or absurd. The format is so flexible that almost any video can be reframed as a “pov” with the right caption.

NUDGE on TikTok is a built-in DM action that sends a small attention-grabbing notification to the person you’re messaging, similar to a “poke” or “wave.” It vibrates their device and shows a quick animation in the chat thread. It’s the platform’s way of letting you say “hey, look at this” without typing.

You can nudge once every few minutes per chat. Overusing it can feel pushy, so most users save it for friends or active conversations.

FANUM TAX is the playful expectation that anyone with food in a group setting will share a portion of it. The term comes from streamer Fanum, who would humorously “tax” (steal a bite of) Kai Cenat’s food on stream. It blew up on TikTok in 2023 and has been a Gen Alpha staple ever since.

It’s used both literally (“pay the fanum tax”) and as a meme verb for taking anything (“the parking spot got fanum taxed”). Most uses are absurdist humor rather than actual demands.

CEO on TikTok is a tongue-in-cheek title given to someone who is the best at, or most associated with, a specific (usually trivial) thing. “She’s the CEO of vibes” or “you’re the CEO of plot twists” are common compliments. The term plays on the corporate title for comedic effect.

CEO is also part of the viral Y/N storytelling trend, where the “CEO” is a dominant fictional character who interacts with a “Y/N” (your name) main character. The two meanings rarely overlap because context makes the difference clear.

MID describes anything that’s just average, neither bad nor great. It’s used as a low-effort dismissal of music, food, outfits, movies, or even people. Calling something “mid” on TikTok is a bigger insult than calling it “bad,” because “bad” gets attention while “mid” gets ignored.

It originates from sports and gaming culture (especially in League of Legends “mid lane” trash talk) and crossed over via reaction videos and ranking videos.

DELULU is a cute phonetic spelling of “delusional,” used to describe someone with unrealistic expectations, especially in dating, fandoms, or career goals. It started in K-pop fan communities and exploded on TikTok in 2023 with the “delulu is the solulu” trend, which reframed delusion as a confidence-building practice.

It can be self-deprecating (“i’m so delulu about my crush”), affectionate, or a gentle warning to a friend who’s getting carried away.

NPC stands for “Non-Playable Character,” borrowed from video games where NPCs follow scripted behavior with no agency. On TikTok, calling someone an NPC means they’re predictable, basic, or just going through the motions. It’s an insult, but also the foundation of a major TikTok livestream trend where creators perform repetitive NPC-style movements for tipped reactions.

NPC streams blew up in 2023, with creators like Pinkydoll earning thousands per stream by reacting to gifts with deadpan, looping phrases. The trend is self-aware and meme-coded.

BBC on TikTok most commonly stands for “Big Boss Chat,” a slang term used in business and creator videos to describe a high-stakes meeting or executive conversation (“walked into the bbc with no script”). Among news and current events accounts, BBC simply refers to the British broadcaster.

BBC also has older adult internet meanings that occasionally surface in coded comments, but those are heavily filtered by TikTok’s moderation. In 2026, the business meaning dominates trending captions on the platform.